A Bloomfield man was arrested by Vernon police after some “road rage” last week

VERNON — A Bloomfield man was charged last week in connection with a road rage incident on Talcottville Road.

Police arrested 50-year-old Maurice Butler on Dec. 4 and charged him with risk of injury to a child, first-degree reckless endangerment and second-degree threatening, among others.

Butler was seen taking a gun out of his car and pointing it at the people in the other car, police said. Those people, and his 14-year-old daughter, witnessed the incident, they said.

He then left and drove towards the highway. Police arrested him at his home in Bloomfield.

He posted $100,000 bail and is scheduled to appear in court Dec. 16.

Butler was a temporary student management assistant for Capitol Region Education Council, according to CREC spokeswoman Amanda Falcone. He was hired on Sept. 8 and resigned the morning after he posted bail, she said.